Re: [PATCH RFC 01/11] mm: introduce hw_pte_t for PTE table storage
From: Jürgen Groß <jgross@suse.com>
Date: 2026-07-31 06:53:49
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On 31.07.26 07:49, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
On Mon, Jul 27, 2026 at 05:46:52PM +0100, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:quoted
pte_t is used both for logical PTE values and for entries stored in a PTE table, so pte_t * does not distinguish a pointer to a copied value from a pointer to table storage.Should we rather call them as "Linux PTE" and "HW PTE" instead ?
What about "SW PTE"? Juergen
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